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Bangkok: Olympic silver medallist Sindhu expectedly outclassed
Malaysia's world no. 92 Kisona Selvaduray 21-10, 21-12 in a lop-sided
second-round contest that lasted just 35 minutes. She will face either
Thailand's RatchanokInthanon or Korea's Sung Ji Hyun next. World no. 31 Sameer
also continued his impressive run, stunning world no. 17 RasmusGemke 21-12, 21-9
in just 39 minutes for his third victory over the Danish player.
Prannoy, however, failed to cross the second-round hurdle, going down 17-21, 18-21 to Malaysia's Daren Liew, a day after battling through pain to upstage Asian Games champion Jonatan Christie in a gruelling three-game match.
The mixed doubles pair of SatwiksairajRankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa also made it to the quarter-finals with a stunning 22-20, 14-21, 21-16 win over World No. 17 German duo of Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Herttrich in a match that lasted close to an hour. Satwiksairaj also paired up with ChiragShetty in the men's doubles to notch up an upset 21-18, 23-21 win over seven seeds Korean combination of Choi Solgyu and Seo Seung Jae. Agencies
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